Sleepy Eyes

Saturday the youth group got together to work on stage sets for the Christmas program. My 9yo dd took along a doll. It was lying on a table and I noticed that several of the teen boys were standing the doll up and laying it back down again, over and over. They were all gathered around and so fascinated. I asked them what in the world they were doing. They said, "The doll's eyes close when she lays down! And they open again when she stands up!" Three families of boys with no sisters... they didn't know about sleepy eyes on baby dolls! Too funny!!!

Calling from God

Finished Isaiah this morning... started Jeremiah tonight.

"Jeremiah, I am your Creator, and before you were born, I chose you to speak for me to the nations." (Jeremiah 1:5, CEV)

Isn't that awesome to think that God decided what Jeremiah's calling would be while he was still in the womb? God literally created Jeremiah for a specific purpose! I love thinking about how God is interested in each individual person, and creates each one of us to fulfill His plan!

Jeremiah goes on to "argue" with God that's he's not a good speaker and he's too young. God tells him that he's not too young, He will give him the words to say, and that He will be with him and keep him safe... all Jeremiah had to do was to be willing to be used.

I read a quote one time from Mother Theresa: "God does not call us to be successful. He calls us to be faithful."

I like that!

Snow!

Okay, so the weatherman was just off on his timing by about a day or so... it is pilin' up out there now! A couple inches so far and still coming down... The first big snow of the season is always exciting! (I like snow in December, don't mind it in January and early February but once Valentines' Day is over I'm ready for spring!)

Website update

I worked on my website all afternoon. I wanted to post some articles I wrote a couple of years ago. Just trying to collect them all in one place. Nothing real profound or anything. However, I was also trying out a new (to me) html technique that I hadn't done before, so it was quite time-consuming! Not to mention the fact that my computer kept crashing (7 times in one hour!) because there's something wrong with the graphics card. DH worked on it tonight, so we'll see if it's better. And I'm not through with the new webpage yet, so there's nothing to see there yet. It's coming along though, and a very cute layout if-I-do-say-so-myself-who-shouldn't!

I was also trying to make some blinkies. I have Photo Shop which is supposed to be able to do everything Paint Shop Pro can do (and lots more). I think it's a more professional program or something. (DH is a printer which is why I have it.) I am learning by trial-and-error with that just like I am the html. So I click on the Help menu to find out how to do animations. Sure, there's directions... they just tell me to click on options that just aren't there. Select "animation" from the "Window" menu... now if I could only find where it says "animation" under "Window"! I wasted way to much time hunting and hunting with no luck. I finally decided to forget it... my blinkies don't have to blink, do they? They can be "un-blinkies"!!!

I'll post my "un-blinkies" tomorrow and hopefully get my new webpage up, too.

No snow

Would you believe it didn't snow a flake? Not one! Yes, they were predicting 6 inches! SIX! Thursday day night and Friday morning they were "issuing a weather storm watch" (which means it's likely to happen, right?)... then by last night it had been upgraded to a "weather storm warning" (which means it's imminent, right??)... this morning when there was no snow in sight the report was a "winter storm advisory with an 80% chance of snow"... now here it is late Saturday night and still... no snow!!! Sheesh... what do weathermen know???